. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects ("Coccidae") of Australia. Insects -- Australia; Scale insects. SCALE INSECTS ( â COCCIDJ: â ) OF AUSTRALIA. 11 Sphaerococcus leaii, Fuller (Fig. 6). Journal West Australian Bureau Agricidture, vol. iv, p. 1346, 18!)7. Tra7is. Ent. Soc. London, p. 448, pi. xv, f. 21, 1899. The female coccids produce very curious sul)si)herical galls, with deeply fluted sides, upon the branchlets of an undetermined spe(;ies of Casimrina, at Perth, West Fig. e.âSjiha These galls are greyish brown, and appear to be composed of a number of distin
. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects ("Coccidae") of Australia. Insects -- Australia; Scale insects. SCALE INSECTS ( â COCCIDJ: â ) OF AUSTRALIA. 11 Sphaerococcus leaii, Fuller (Fig. 6). Journal West Australian Bureau Agricidture, vol. iv, p. 1346, 18!)7. Tra7is. Ent. Soc. London, p. 448, pi. xv, f. 21, 1899. The female coccids produce very curious sul)si)herical galls, with deeply fluted sides, upon the branchlets of an undetermined spe(;ies of Casimrina, at Perth, West Fig. e.âSjiha These galls are greyish brown, and appear to be composed of a number of distinct sections, but are solid and united on the inner surface of the basal cavity, with the opening at the apex. Height, about half an inch. U'^ually found in little clusters of four or five, they might be easily mistaken for aborted seed cones of the sheoak, upon which they are developed. Adult female pink, general form globular, filling the gall chamber, showing slight segmentation; no anal tubercules. Dorsum bearing yellow spines. 371. Sphaerococcus leaii. Cat. Coccida?, p. 371. Sphaerococcus leptospermi, Maskell (Fi^. 8). Trans. New Zexdand Institute, vol. xxvi, p. 92, f. 4-14, 1893. This species form galls upon the branchlets of the coastal leptosperm {Leptospermmn laevigatum), common about the coast at Botany, The galls are produced like a swollen elongated blister or raised excres- cence ii^ the surface of the branchlet, the wood and bark swelling up on either side of the bur'ed coccid, which rests in the cleft between, which forms a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Froggatt, Walter Wilson, 1858-. Sydney : W. A. Gullick, government printer
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